Signs

In the midst of the burned-out cathedral and a pandemic, the Archbishop of Paris held a Good Friday Mass. It was open-air, because it was one of the safe parts of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, damaged by fire last year. And only seven people attended, because health restrictions in France also prohibit large gatherings.

The Archbishop is something of a colleague, albeit in another branch of the outfit that might or might not recognize me as such. But I still marvel at the way that even from a burned-out and ruined house, the gospel still has something to say to a very troubled world.

I'm also going to poke a little fun at Alaa Elassar, the article's writer, who takes care to note that two actors who were part of the Mass read Christian texts. Such texts frequently appear in Good Friday Masses, which is something you might think a person earning a degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism would know. Or could look up.